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The club the three decide on attending is called 'le village'. It's the
kind of place you need to know people to get into.
They get changed at the carpark into smart rags and take in a few drinks at
the bar next door where ROOSTER pretends to be Italian and DUTCH and
DUSTY try and keep up. Before too long they are larking around with a
couple of real good girls itty bitty girls at the pool table... They then
get thrown out for making too much noise, not being French, etc. They
queue up next door and link up with some girls to get into the club easy.
There is a build in excitement as they stand there peering into the club.
They are let in and leave their coats at the vestibule, head for the bar,
pick up their drinks and chat with the beautiful barmaid who ROOSTER
takes a shine to. They are getting on well with everyone cracking bad
jokes and linking arms with the natives. ROOSTER grabs hold of the
barmaid, kisses her and drags her round the bar and onto the dancefloor.
They jive for a slick few and then get closer.
At this point a huge motherfucker steps in and shoves ROOSTER away, he
yells at our boys in French and screams at the girl who heads back to the
bar. ROOSTER smacks this chump in the face and a brawl breaks out between
the two. They are about to get thrown out when DUTCH and DUSTY arrive from
the bar and drag ROOSTER into the depths of the crowd and then to the
toilets. They calm down, ROOSTER hits things, then they decide to go and
dance again but it's no fun and all men getting too close on the
dancefloor. ROOSTER storms out of the club and the others follow. A
feeling of desolation sets in. The three loners versus Antibes. They
walk the night past girls and busy bars and good times.
"Let´s go to Cannes." Cries DUTCH. "Fuck this
place. I'm gonna drive to Cannes. Any motherfucker coming with
me?"
They agree and head out on a wavey drive to Cannes. ROOSTER sits in the
back subdued while the other two talk about DUTCH's girl back home and
the distance that has grown while she has been in Stockholm. They get
into Cannes which is as disappointing as you'd expect. They get into a
local bar and flake out, bar ROOSTER who feels the night energy at last
and dances on his own like a madman. They eventually get 2 hours sleep in
the car in the backstreets of Antibes. The joy gone from the night with
the incessant noise of cars passing and sewers rolling below.
Part Three might come your way if you're lucky. It's got a great deal of
room for growth... What will happen to these people? What are their
stories? All kinds of space for the right development and progression
into modern discourses on man and woman, young men on fire in a damp
earth... Think about it. Just let your mind go crazy.
Matt Falloon
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